Prof Awad Saad Hassan, vice chancellor of the university, met with Dr. Hashim S. Hussein,  head of the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) and Director of the Arab Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship and Investment Training (ARCEIT) – Kingdom of Bahrain.

The meeting included the head of the Sudanese center for Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship at the University.

The meeting discussed the role that universities can play to empower young people in entrepreneurship projects and to promote innovation and invention in technological and other fields to contribute significantly to the country's economic development and create self-employment opportunities for youth and women. Interspersed with workshops for students and others to possess information for students in their various specializations to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation projects in its various fields.

The vice chancellor has shown his complete readiness to provide everything in his power to move forward in the field of entrepreneurship to serve students and highlight the university's role in community development.